You spend all this money creating a business, growing the business, investing in the business, investing your people, everything down to even buying the staplers. How have you actually branded your business? Poor branding is one of the most negative…
Have you ever had the scenario where you expected something to go one way, but then it when a completely different way? This is what is considered lack of controls and the company. Lack of controls can cause serious damage…
Okay, so now they've hired someone, you've realized that they shouldn't be there. What an awful feeling. Unfortunately, you are the business owner. You need to make the decision to do what is right for the rest of your people…
COGS - do you know what this stands for? COGS stands for cost of goods sold. What this means to your business is really a question for you. Do you understand what it really costs to sell whatever your item…
Here are some of my top 10 tips to help you become profitable in this new 2012 year. Identify your core clients. These are the clients that always pay you, always pay on time, you love working with. Anyone who's…
A very good friend of mine, and a local CPA, Robert Minniti is a specialist in accounting, fraud and forensic accounting, and is a certified fraud examiner and a certified forensic accountant. Basically meaning he is an absolute specialist in…
Did you know that for a small business there is a loss potential of approximately $387,000 from fraudulent disbursements of cash? What's even scarier, did you know this happens in 73% of all businesses? In order to protect yourself as…
I always seem to get this question at the end of the year. How do I go about maxing out my retirement contributions? The best way to do this is to start at the beginning of the year. Depending on…
I found a great article on the Get Rich Slowly blog that talks about Geo-arbitrage. Since reading Timothy Ferris' Four Hour workweek, this has become one of my favorite new words. Geo-arbitrage is when you earn money in a high-paying currency,…
I wanted to write up a little something on what I feel success is. Success is: Doing what makes you HAPPY Doing what you feel passionate about Being able to financially afford the things and adventures and lifestyle that you…
Him: So what do you do? Me: I’m self-employed. I’m a freelancer. Him: Oh, I’m sorry. What do you want to do? Me: Um, excuse me? In this excellent article by Afford Anything's author there is a great discussion on creating your own job…
There's a race to the bottom, one where communities fight to suspend labor and environmental rules in order to become the world's cheapest supplier. The problem with the race to the bottom is that you might win... In Seth Godin's…
You must retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties. AND at the same time… You must confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. Coming from two places this…
Janet Spears, a Bankruptcy attorney with Rowley Chapman Barney & Buntrock, LTD, talks to us today about who really needs a BK attorney. You can find Janet at: (480) 833-1113 Ext. 209 or Janet@azlegal.com
Are you ready to be taxed on your debt relief? Did you know that the debt relief could bump you into the highest tax bracket beginning 1/1/13? A lot of people who are currently in trouble have no idea that…
